Carolina Díaz

My therapeutic style is reflective, relational, and grounded. My work is informed by contemporary psychoanalytic thinking, understood in a flexible and modern way. That is, as a way of paying close attention to subjectivity, relationships, and meaning. I adapt the work to each person’s rhythm and life context.

I work integratively, with a strong psychodynamic orientation, focusing on how anxiety, inner blocks, and obsessive patterns take shape within someone’s emotional history and current relationships. Sessions are conversational and collaborative. I listen to content, but also to tone, pauses, repetitions, and contradictions... often the places where something important is trying to be expressed.

I aim to create a space where clients feel genuinely listened to, without pressure to perform or improve quickly. When someone feels heard and taken seriously, they can begin to listen to themselves differently. From there, anxiety often softens, understanding deepens, and movement becomes possible. Change emerges through insight, emotional contact, and a relationship that feels safe, thoughtful, and alive.

-Psychologist – Private Practice (Online) 2015 – Present I work in private practice offering online psychotherapy to adults. My work focuses on anxiety, chronic stress, obsessive patterns, life transitions, and periods of inner blockage in people who continue functioning despite feeling overwhelmed. I have extensive experience working online with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

-Psychologist – Online Clinical Work, Training & Writing 2021 – Present In addition to my clinical practice, I have been involved in psychotherapy training programs and professional development initiatives related to online mental health care. I am also a published author, contributing chapters to academic books on cyberpsychology and online clinical practice. Writing and teaching are integral parts of how I think about therapy and keep my clinical work reflective and grounded.

-Psychologist – In-Person Clinical Practice 2010 – 2013 I worked in face-to-face clinical settings providing psychodynamic psychotherapy to adults. This experience continues to inform my way of listening and working, even within an online format.

-School Psychologist 2011 – 2013 I provided emotional and academic support to students and families, conducting assessments and designing individualized support plans. This role strengthened my understanding of relational dynamics and developmental contexts.

• Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain | 2020–2022 Clinical training focused on adult psychotherapy, ethics, and evidence-based practice.

• Master’s Degree in Psychoanalysis and Cultural Philosophy Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 2009–2010 A formative experience that deepened my interest in subjectivity, meaning, and psychodynamic thinking, approached from a contemporary and flexible perspective.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico | 2002–2007 Foundational training in psychology that continues to inform my clinical and cross-cultural approach.

• Ongoing Training I strongly believe in continuous learning and regularly participate in courses, seminars, and clinical training in contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches, keeping my practice thoughtful, current, and alive.